Stock Prices: The brokerage sector as a whole is down 3 percent for the year. Among middle-market brokers, Arthur J. Gallagher’s (NYSE:AJG) stock has faired well compared to peers Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO), down 16.6 percent, and Hilb Rogal & …
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How to Keep Your Customers and Agency Living Happily Ever After Once upon a time, there was a very nice man who moved his entire family from one state to another. The move meant leaving his many friends and business …
Soft Market Emphasizes Need for Education, Communication It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens probably was not referring to the insurance industry’s soft market, when he wrote “A Tale of Two Cities,” but …
Asian Insurers May Buy in U.S., E.U.; Bermuda Beefs Up Regulators; Zurich Favored for Acquisition Asian insurers may go on a buying spree. A number of companies, particularly China’s major players, are likely to seize the credit crunch as an …
Employees who complain of racial bias in the workplace and then face retaliation can sue under a post-Civil War-era law barring discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in late May. In a second similar decision, the high court ruled that …
Louisiana, Washington Rank High for Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Business Within the broader construction industry sector, heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237) is an often overlooked segment. Yet the segment generates more than $7.6 billion in all lines …
Multi-State, Players Multi-Line Revealed While many property/casualty insurers referred to themselves as super regionals, the definition of a super regional insurer remained unclear until the Feb. 12, 2007, issue of Insurance Journal where original criteria and an objective definition were …
Regional and Specialty Carriers Are Critically Important Carriers in the Marketplace This year, 2008, marks the second year in a row that Demotech Inc., as Insurance Journal‘s official research partner, published our company classification system, including the list of Super …
The California Department of Industrial Relations has launched an Insurance Coverage Program, an enforcement program designed to identify and target employers who fail to carry workers’ compensation insurance. DIR Director John C. Duncan said the program will help “to systematically …
